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    Dreamers VC

    Los Angeles, California, United StatesFounded 2018
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    Dreamers VC is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Will Smith, Keisuke Honda, Kosaku Yada, and Takeshi Nakanishi. The firm bridges established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US-based startups, investing in innovative companies that address social issues through emerging technology.

    32% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $49.6M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    VS

    Vik Sasi

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Karat logoKaratSeries B$70MJul 2023
    Rain logoRainSeries B—Mar 2023
    Karat Financial logoKarat FinancialSeries B$70MJan 2023
    Nitra logoNitraSeed$62MAug 2022
    Arc logoArcSeries A$20MAug 2022
    Gravity Sketch logoGravity SketchSeries A$33MApr 2022
    With logoWithSeries B$30MFeb 2022
    With logoWithSeed$4MFeb 2022
    Arc Technologies, Inc. logoArc Technologies, Inc.Series A$20MJan 2022
    Arc logoArcSeries A$20MJan 2022
    ARC logoARCSeries A$20MJan 2022
    Arc Technologies logoArc TechnologiesSeed—Oct 2021
    Printify, Inc. logoPrintify, Inc.Series A$45MSep 2021
    Workstream logoWorkstreamSeries B$48MAug 2021
    Landis Technologies logoLandis TechnologiesSeries C—Jul 2021
    Mem logoMemSeed$5.6MApr 2021
    PPublic Holdings, Inc.Series D$220MFeb 2021
    Landis Technologies logoLandis TechnologiesSeries A$165MJan 2021
    Step logoStepSeries B$50MDec 2020
    PPlayco GlobalSeries A$100MSep 2020
    Run The World logoRun The WorldSeries A$10.8MMay 2020
    PPlayco GlobalSeries A$100MJan 2020
    Alchemy logoAlchemySeries A$15MDec 2019
    Our Place logoOur PlaceSeed$2.4MNov 2019
    Nurx logoNurxSeries C$32MAug 2019
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    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator6 shared
    NFX6 shared
    Soma Capital5 shared
    General Catalyst4 shared
    Founders Fund4 shared
    35V4 shared
    Sequoia Capital4 shared
    Bain Capital Ventures4 shared
    Alumni Ventures4 shared
    Left Lane Capital4 shared
    Atalaya Capital Management4 shared
    Torch Capital4 shared
    Clocktower Technology Ventures4 shared
    Canaan Partners3 shared
    SignalFire3 shared
    WndrCo3 shared
    Union Square Ventures3 shared
    CRV3 shared
    New Enterprise Associates2 shared
    Stanford University2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026